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crashed right through the plating as it grinded along the side, Strinking at an

angle like s 300-foot zipper.

ON midnight, April 14-15; fist six? compartments were filling; water was

beginning to slosh over. 12:40.; water filled 2,000 bathtubs 1:20 A.M.; The bow

dipped; water flooded through anchor – chain holes. At 2:10 A.M.; The Titanic

titled to 45 degrees or more and stress reaches nearby 15 tons per square inch.

The keel bends; The bottom plating buckles. At 2:15 A.M.; The stern? grew

heavier and until it? reached some 16,000 tons of in – water weight . At 2:20

A.M.; The bow rips went loose. The stern rose sharply , held and almost vertical

position and then, as it filled, faded downward again. At least one life boat

passenger said, look – its? coming back!. At 2:30 A.M.; The bow stroke the

bottom , 12,612 feet down, angling downward and flowing into? the mud. Shortly

after 2:30 A.M. ships time? a green florae was sighed suddenly, forahead. In a

few? seconds it disappeared. At 3 A.M., Roston ordered rockets fired at fifteen-

minute intervals to let survivors know help was approaching. The companys night?

signals were? also displayed. By 3:35 carpathia was almost to the position where

Titanic, if afloat, would be seen. But there was only? a rast emptiness.

Carpathia inched forward. The lifeboat was alongside.

Some 2,340 passengers and crew were on board the Titanic when the white

star liner left Southampton for its maiden voyage to NY five days ago. And? some

1,595 people perished in the accident. Only 745 were saved. Many more could have

been rescued but there were enough lifeboats for only half the passengers and

crew. Two boats full of people who had escaped from the ship were sucked beneath

the ocean. Most of the passengers were apparently not aware of the accident when

it happened. At first, passengers were so unconcerned that they remained in

their staterooms to dress for dinner. By 1:30 A.M. panic has begun among some of

the passengers.

In the tomb that was once a ship, all that remain are China teacups and

brass latches, porcelain toilets, and perhaps teeth – nearby all else has been